sampling

 

an image from a walk, converted to stitched textile (in progress) - threads and fabric from my stash of materials dyed with local plants

leaf stitching - not sure what the leaves are, they are really big and almost leathery, i added a bottle cap for scale 

- i don't think they are magnolia as those have no leaves left round here and the tree still had leaves hanging on - these were on the ground and picked up with the kind owner's permission - i dried them, lightly pressed between sheeets of acid-free paper, sadly most of the subtle colour and markings merged to brown - but they are a great surface for stitch 

routes for my walks - to be converted into stamps and used to build up patterns with the inks i am making 

inks: walnut husks from garden behind EG meeting place - oak galls from our oak tree - both macerated for years, concentrated beside our stove

a digital version of potential patterns

found during a walk - now cleaned and ready for embellishment with dyed yarns

tracks and marks observed

i need practice with capturing the textures in mud, probably need to use a lower angle, but it gets mucky!

screws seem to catch my eye

i visualise this in shades of walnut and oak inks with some stitched detail